There's no reason for Harris not to be taken to England tbh. The worst that can happen is that he doesn't get into a physical state to play any of the matches and the best thing that can happen is that he can participate in some of them. Since there are no rules or regulations on squad sizes, picking him in the touring party and not playing him doesn't create anything bad. There are only benefits and no negatives to picking him in the squad.

There's no reason for Harris not to be taken to England tbh. The worst that can happen is that he doesn't get into a physical state to play any of the matches and the best thing that can happen is that he can participate in some of them. Since there are no rules or regulations on squad sizes, picking him in the touring party and not playing him doesn't create anything bad. There are only benefits and no negatives to picking him in the squad.

For someone who for quite a long time was nothing much at FC level Harris is now a seriously awesome bowler.

As I've posted elsewhere I would be having him and Pattinson opening the bowling for us in England without question. Bird/Sidds to fight for the third spot and injury cover. That's the best chance we have of winning tests atm.

Yeah I'd be pretty confident we could take down England with an attack of Harris, Pattinson and Bird (or Siddle if need be). It's very risky considering all three would have come off injuries recently, but Aus cricket is really at a stage where we are just gonna have to take these risks to get the results we want. The safer alternative will probably just mean we'll lose anyway because of lack of quality. Would much prefer to at least have a fighting chance.